GATE 2012 Notification For Form Admit card Exam Results 2012 Online Application Form GATE 2012 Application Last Date 17.10.2011

Pre-final year students are not eligible to write GATE 2012. For details, refer to eligibility for GATE examination.
Last date for Submission of Online Application (website closure @ 23:00 Hrs): 21 October 2011 (Friday).

Commencement of Online Application Form submission	12 September 2011
Last date for Submission of Online Application Form (website closure)	17 Oct 2011
Receipt of printed version of ONLINE Application at respective GATE Offices	24 Oct 2011
GATE 2012 Admit Card	2 January 2012
GATE 2012 Online Examination (Papers: AR, GG and TF)	29 January 2012 (09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs)
GATE 2012 Online Examination (Papers: AE, AG and MN)	29 January 2012 (14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs)
GATE 2012 Offline Examination (Papers: BT, CE, CH, CS, ME, PH and PI)	12 February 2012 (09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs)
GATE 2012 Offline Examination (Papers: CY, EC, EE, IN, MA, MT, XE and XL)	12 February 2012 (14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs)
Announcement of results	March 15, 2012

Application Process

1. How do I apply ONLINE?

Go to the link "Apply Online". Register yourself by entering your name, date of birth, password and email id. You can then fill in your ONLINE application form, proceed to make the payment of application fee using Payment Gateway or Challan Payment options.

2. Should I attest the photograph for application form?

Do not attest the photograph for the application form.

3. Why should I choose two examination cities?

Generally, you will be allotted a centre in the examination city of your first choice. Only in cases where it becomes difficult to accommodate you in the examination city of your first choice, your second choice will be considered.

4. You are asking only the SC/ST/PD candidates to enclose the category certificate. What about the OBC (non-creamy layer) candidates? Do they have to enclose the category certificate too?

OBC (non-creamy layer) candidates do not have to enclose the category certificate since their application fee is same as that of the general category candidates. However, in the application, you can indicate the category to which you belong to. You need to produce the category certificate only to the admitting institute at the time of admission.

5. How do I make the fee payment for GATE 2012 examination?

You can make the payment during the ONLINE application process by choosing one of the following options:

• Payment Gateway: Netbanking through the payment Gateway of Bill Desk.
  
• Challan Payment: Payment by cash at any branch of ICICI Bank, Indian Bank and State Bank of India.

6. If I choose the Payment Gateway option, how do I submit the ONLINE Application?

After completing the ONLINE application, choose Payment Gateway option and proceed. At the end of this process, a pdf file will be generated with the following pages:

• Page-1: Instructions for the candidate
• Page-2: GATE 2012 Application - GATE Copy
• Page-3: GATE 2012 Application - Candidate Copy
• Page-4: Address Slip of respective zonal GATE office

Take a print out of the entire file. You can also save this pdf file for your future reference.

Paste your recent photograph (3 cm x 4 cm) in the designated place of Page-2.

Sign at the designated places of Page-2.

Paste Page-4 on top of a A4-size envelope

The GATE copy of the above Application (after pasting the photo and signing) with appropriate enclosures must be sent by Speed Post (preferably) or by Registered Post to The Chairman, GATE of the Zone, where the candidate prefers to appear for the examination (corresponding to the 1st Choice of Examination City), so as to reach on or before Monday, 24 October 2011 or it can be handed over personally to respective Zonal GATE Office.

7. If I choose the Bank Challan option, how do I submit the ONLINE Application?

After completing the ONLINE application process, a pdf file will be generated with the following pages:

• Page-1: Instructions for the candidate
• Page-2: GATE 2012 Application - GATE Copy
• Page-3: GATE 2012 Application - Candidate Copy
• Page-4: Address Slip of respective zonal GATE office
• Page-5: Bank Challan

Take a print out of the entire file. You can also save this pdf file for your future reference.

The bank challan (Page-5) will be printed in triplicate. Take it to any branch of ICICI Bank, Indian Bank or State Bank of India (as opted by the candidate) and pay the fee. Bank will retain a copy with them and will return two copies to you. Retain the Candidate's copy with you and attach the GATE Copy with the application form.

Paste your recent photograph (3 cm x 4 cm) in the designated place of Page-2.

Sign at the designated places of Page-2.

Paste Page-4 on top of an A4-size envelope

The GATE copy of the above Application Form (after pasting the photo and signing) with appropriate enclosures must be sent by Speed Post (preferably) or by Registered Post to The Chairman, GATE of the Zone, where the candidate prefers to appear for the examination (corresponding to the 1st Choice of Examination City), so as to reach on or before Monday, 24 October 2011 or it can be handed over personally to respective Zonal GATE Office.

8. Do I need to post my application and attachments?

Yes. As mentioned above in the answers to Questions 6 and 7.

9. When and how will I know the status of my application?

The status of your application will be put up on the zonal GATE website. Click on the link "Application Status" and follow the instructions. Generally, the status of your application will be put up within two days after the receipt of the application in the Zonal GATE offices.

10. After completing the ONLINE application process and generating a pdf file, will I be able to login again to change my application data?

No. After completing all the steps upto pdf application form generation in ONLINE application process, you can only download the application form and cannot modify the data. However, you can create a new application by registering once again if you are accessing the website on or before 17 Oct 2011.

11. I have missed to take a print of my ONLINE application at the end of my application process. How will I get access to it?

You can login with the same Login id and password and take a printout.